Like rain, spam is unstoppable, but we can open our umbrellas
When I came home on a recent Tuesday afternoon after a three-day weekend, I found 127 e-mail messages in my inbox. Four were from friends or family, four contained information I had requested from computer vendors, and two were from online newsletters I subscribe to.
Navy opens third NMCI center in Hawaii
Today in Hawaii, the Navy is opening its third network operations center to support the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet.
OMB models its site redesign on FirstGov portal
Keeping in line with the redesign of the FirstGov portal, the Office of Management and Budget has revamped its Web site applying the same three-clicks-to-service approach.
House makes resolutions in XML
The House of Representatives is pioneering its shift to Extensible Markup Language with simple resolutions, which started in January.
EPA will buttress environment site
The Environmental Protection Agency by October plans to add data about local conditions from all 50 states to its Window to My Environment site.
Benefits portal attracts new partners
The Labor Department's <a href="http://GovBenefits.gov">GovBenefits.gov</a> portal next week will have 30 additional benefits programs, and more programs will join at a rate of 20 to 40 per month for the rest of the year, program manager George Wollner said yesterday.
Here's Chip Gizmo
Thirty-year-old Chip Gizmo will be the new computer technician at what is arguably the most famous Army base, Camp Swampy.
OPM previews Recruitment One-Stop site
The Office of Personnel Management is asking vendors to expand its USAJobs.opm.gov site by adding features such as the ability to submit one resume for multiple job openings.
VBA awards task orders for training support
The Veterans Benefits Administration recently awarded three task orders worth $3.4 million to Anteon International Corp. of Fairfax, Va., for systems development and Web training services.
Lure visitors to your site on the cheap
It doesn't take costly advertising campaigns to draw more traffic to agencies' Web sites. Pat Wood, senior adviser for usability in the General Services Administration's FirstGov Office, has drawn up a list of free or low-cost ways to market government Web sites. Attendees at the recent FedWeb 2002 conference in Bethesda, Md., added their own suggestions to lengthen Wood's list from 59 items to 93.
Databases tag along with XML
Extensible Markup Language has become the data format of choice for many emerging applications in e-commerce and e-government.
ROTC site automates HTML conversion
Posting documents on the Army ROTC Web site used to be a time-consuming affair.
NMCI workers say change to EDS is smooth
Navy civilian employees are finding that switching employers as vendors assume control of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet isn't that bad.
FEMA speeds up plans for new architecture and portal
The Federal Emergency Management Agency expects to have the blueprint for its new enterprise architecture finished as early as this week and the first release of its disaster information portal in August.
New FirstGov engine will search agency databases
The General Services Administration is touting the new search engine for its <a href="http://FirstGov.gov"> FirstGov.gov</a> portal as the technology that will make it the Web site it was intended to be'a single place to look for virtually any information regarding the government.
FedCIRC plans Web portal
Government network security officials will have better access to software and information through a new knowledge management portal from the Federal Computer Incident Response Center.
Y'all got mail: Houston offers free Net access
The city from which mankind made its giant leap across space to the moon is now jumping the digital divide. Houston in August will begin providing free e-mail accounts, Internet access and Microsoft Office-compatible software to its 3 million residents.
Web sites highlight accessibility
The General Services Administration and the IT Industry Council have released a set of best practices to help vendors fill out a template that highlights the accessible features of their products.
Agency policies remain behind the 508 curve
In the year since Section 508 became a fact of life in government, agencies have gained a lot of ground toward making their Web sites and workplaces accessible. But they're also running to catch up on many fronts.
Agriculture aims for a bull's-eye on 508
About a year ago, a District of Columbia police officer happened to be on some business in the Agriculture Department South building in Washington.
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